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The following is a list of files and features that are going to be
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removed from the U-Boot source tree. Every entry should contain what
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exactly is going away, when it will be gone, why it is being removed,
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and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed
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from U-Boot, its corresponding entry should also be removed from this
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file.
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What: CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC option
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When: After Release 2011.03
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Why: The implementation of U-Boot for the ARM architecture has
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been reworked to support relocation. This allows to
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efficiently use the same U-Boot binary image on systems with
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different RAM sizes, and brings the implementation much more
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in line with the code used for example on Power Architecture
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systems (eventually allowing to merge into common code). This
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seems especailly interesting now that ARM is getting Device
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Tree support as well.
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All ARM boards need to be adapted to this new code, which
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requires testing on the actual hardware, so this is a task
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for the respective board maintainers or other users.
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Please see the commit message of commit f1d2b31 for details:
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http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=f1d2b31
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Support for CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC will be removed
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after release v2011.03; all boards that have not been
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converted by then, i. e. that are still broken then, are
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considered unmaintained and without interest for the
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community and will be removed as well.
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What: CONFIG_NET_MULTI option
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When: Release 2009-11
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Why: U-boot currently implements two network driver APIs. New drivers with
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the older-style implementation have not been accepted for a while, and
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this parallel system makes the code confusing and hard to augment.
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All existing in-tree boards will be converted to use CONFIG_NET_MULTI
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over the span of two releases (2009-07 and 2009-09).
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In the 2009-11 release, all code that is compiled when CONFIG_NET_MULTI
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is not set will be removed, and all references to CONFIG_NET_MULTI
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will be removed, effectively making it the only API. This should
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provide ample time for out-of-tree users to adjust, and for tools on
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all architectures to be made to work with weak functions.
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Who: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
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What: GPL cleanup
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When: August 2009
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Why: Over time, a couple of files have sneaked in into the U-Boot
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source code that are either missing a valid GPL license
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header or that carry a license that is incompatible with the
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GPL.
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Such files shall be removed from the U-Boot source tree.
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See http://www.denx.de/wiki/pub/U-Boot/TaskGplCleanup/u-boot-1.1.2-files
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for an old and probably incomplete list of such files.
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Who: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> and board maintainers
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